News - ASUS GeForce GTX 670 DirectCU Mini details emerge

[HEXUS]

This mini-ITX matching 17cm long card should arrive in late April.

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[raven1001]

It's a reference 670 with a cooler to match. Hardly much work on the part of Asus to get this up and running, I see no need for a price premium, 670's are already overpriced for what they are.

[Wozza63]

It's a reference 670 with a cooler to match. Hardly much work on the part of Asus to get this up and running, I see no need for a price premium, 670's are already overpriced for what they are.

its a lot shorter, the circuit board has been redesigned by ASUS to fit in small cases

[Hereisphilly]

I'd hazard a guess that its a very similar length to a 650ti, looks really neat and tidy

[raven1001]

its a lot shorter, the circuit board has been redesigned by ASUS to fit in small cases

http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphi...tx-670/?page=2

[AndyM95]

It's a reference 670 with a cooler to match. Hardly much work on the part of Asus to get this up and running, I see no need for a price premium, 670's are already overpriced for what they are.

its a lot shorter, the circuit board has been redesigned by ASUS to fit in small cases

It's not shorter, it's the same size as reference. See the link that raven1001 posted.

[cheesyboy]

Personally, I would prefer to see more single slot cards. Especially on the low-end GPUs (why on earth are most 7750s dual slot??!!!)

[MrJim]

I can't see the point of this really. Most ITX cases which accept full-height cards are the 'shoe-box' variety, which tend to cater for full length cards anyway. It'd be more interesting if it were single-slot as cheesyboy mentions, or even half-height...

[Biscuit]

It's a reference 670 with a cooler to match. Hardly much work on the part of Asus to get this up and running, I see no need for a price premium, 670's are already overpriced for what they are.

It's not shorter, it's the same size as reference. See the link that raven1001 posted.

It's the same height as normal pcie but it's shorter length wise... By a huge amount

I can't see the point of this really. Most ITX cases which accept full-height cards are the 'shoe-box' variety, which tend to cater for full length cards anyway. It'd be more interesting if it were single-slot as cheesyboy mentions, or even half-height...

I kinda agree but i still see a market for it as it does free up a lot of space.

[MrJim]

It's the same height as normal pcie but it's shorter length wise... By a huge amount

The actual PCB is about the same length as a reference 670, as shown in the link posted by raven1001 above. It's just that the reference card has a 'blower' style fan bolted on the end, which extends the length.

[Biscuit]

The actual PCB is about the same length as a reference 670, as shown in the link posted by raven1001 above. It's just that the reference card has a 'blower' style fan bolted on the end, which extends the length.

I stand corrected! Sorry I should have read it properly. I think I assumed I knew what I was on the about because my 660ti is longer.

They have managed to get down to a single 8 pin connector though.

[scaryjim]

... They have managed to get down to a single 8 pin connector though.

one 8-pin connector carries the same current as two six-pin, so that's not actually an amazing feat OTOH, it does indicate that they've done some work with the card, and it makes sense in a small case, as it's less wires to clutter up the airflow. Doing some comparisons of the back of the stock card with this one, they've tweaked a few things here and there, but overall it does appear to be pretty much the same size as the stock PCB, so they've not had a huge amount to do.

I'd agree that the number of unnecessarily double-height coolers is distressing though. I guess it comes down to people thinking a two-slot cooler gives a sense of quality and makes the card look more impressive - for a fair while now the only cards with single slot coolers were considered sub-par. The 7750 can be cooled with a single slot low profile cooler - I know, I've got one that is But slap a big old double-slot cooler on it and it suddenly looks like a much more powerful card than it is. Marketing at its worst...

[Biscuit]

one 8-pin connector carries the same current as two six-pin, so that's not actually an amazing feat OTOH, it does indicate that they've done some work with the card, and it makes sense in a small case, as it's less wires to clutter up the airflow. Doing some comparisons of the back of the stock card with this one, they've tweaked a few things here and there, but overall it does appear to be pretty much the same size as the stock PCB, so they've not had a huge amount to do.

I'd agree that the number of unnecessarily double-height coolers is distressing though. I guess it comes down to people thinking a two-slot cooler gives a sense of quality and makes the card look more impressive - for a fair while now the only cards with single slot coolers were considered sub-par. The 7750 can be cooled with a single slot low profile cooler - I know, I've got one that is But slap a big old double-slot cooler on it and it suddenly looks like a much more powerful card than it is. Marketing at its worst...

I shouldn't have bothered today

[addz17]

The PCB is the same length but its not a reference PCB (8 pin power ect.) and the cooler is far from reference. Custom PCB and a mini vapor chamber cooler... i like it.

[MrJim]

The PCB is the same length but its not a reference PCB (8 pin power ect.) and the cooler is far from reference. Custom PCB and a mini vapor chamber cooler... i like it.

It will be interesting to see how efficient the cooler is compared to the full-length DirectCU 670, which is what I have. Somehow I doubt it will be anything like as good, although I suppose overclocking ITX systems (where the card is most likely to find a home) isn't all that common?

[clovy]

Yeah, it's not shorter, but Asus change the fan desing not "blower" like reference.